8am: According to sources cited by Hasht-e Subh, the Taliban has reportedly imposed strict security measures in Zaranj city, including shutting down secondary roads to vehicular traffic, and deploying a significant number of armed personnel in the area. These actions were apparently taken on Sunday. Zaranj residents reported that Taliban militants have entered their residences
8am: The Taliban are collecting 600 AFG as tax for every KG of opium smuggled through Nimruz border, Afghanistan. Adding that the price of opium has also increased in domestic markets, sources told Hasht-e Subh on Saturday that drug trafficking under the Taliban administration is carried out legally. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Local authorities in Afghanistan’s southwestern province of Nimroz have decided to shut down coffee shops in the province in order to avoid the ruination of the younger generation. Local residents, however, said that dozens of people will become unemployed with the closure of coffee shops. “I invested $20,000 to establish a coffee shop. The
8am: Local sources in Nimruz province have reported that during the past seven days, nearly 3,000 Afghan immigrants have been deported from Iran. Almost 2,844 Afghan immigrants have entered Nimruz province from the Silk Bridge on the Afghan–Iranian border, sources said on Thursday, August 18. Forced deportation, harassment, and pushing the refugees behind the wall
Tolo News: Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Hassan Kazimi Qomi, posted a video on Twitter and said that water has flowed from Afghanistan into Sistan, Iran. Meanwhile, the residents of Nimroz said that the recent droughts have severely affected their crops and they should be provided with irrigation water from Kamal Khan dam. “Unfortunately, our
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 31, 2022 Taliban and Iranian border guards have been engaged in gun battles along the Iran-Afghan frontier, leaving at least one person dead on the Afghan side, police officials said. “We have one killed and one wounded; the cause of the clash is not clear yet,” Bahram Haqmal, the police
8am: The residents of Nimruz province have raised deep concerns over the significant increase in armed robberies in this province, saying the crime rate has dramatically increased since the Taliban took control of the country. It is not only Nimroz that has turned into a safe haven for thieves and criminals, harassing innocent civilians for
8am: In a new move, the Taliban group has removed Persian and Baluchi languages from the courtroom signboard in Nimruz province. Nimruz residents have criticized this move of the Taliban, saying that the province has never been a place of ethnic disputes, but the Taliban are trying to create ethnic and linguistic divisions in the
Ariana: Health sources have reported that two suspected cases of monkeypox were identified and recorded on Saturday at a Covid-19 Hospital in Nimroz Province. Sources in the province say the two incidents were recorded among migrants deported from Iran. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources in Nimruz province have reported that farmers in the province irrigate their fields using well water due to the lack of agricultural water. According to farmers, there is no water left in Kamal Khan dam after the Taliban allowed the dam’s water to flow to Iran. Click here to read more (external